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One of the most challenging questions for producers is what to pay for labour. The answer is that it depends on the skills required for the job, the experience of the employee, competition from other industries, benefits provided other than financial and the return on...
Farm Management Canada Feature Resource: Farm Business Planning: Understanding, Preparing & Using This resource will stimulate better business planning by ranchers and farm managers whether they prepare the plans themselves or with the assistance of advisors. All...
With over 30 years of experience working with thousands of companies, Corey Keith of Keith & Associates at Turner Valley, Alberta has helped many clients achieve business success. He distills his top financing tips down to six key insights to help...
Andrew DeRuyck always knew he wanted to be a farmer – which is why he started off in banking. “One of the main reasons I wanted to work in the financial industry was because I believed there was some sort of magic number in farming – that you had to have 300 sows or...
Jennifer and Geoff Bishop were wandering through the vast displays of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in the fall of 2010 when they spotted a soybean extruder. “When I first saw the machine, I had a few questions: How many tonnes a day can it do? How much oil does that...
If you’re ready to start farming and looking for financial help and business advice, the new FarmNext program may help. FarmNext encourages new farmers to begin farming in Nova Scotia with business planning and coaching, interest rate financial benefits, and on-going...